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1. After his surrender, a Federal Court indicted Robert E. Lee for treason. Which well known Union general threatened to resign if the charges were not dropped?
2. After the war who was the only Confederate general to join the Republican party?
3. The famous cavalry leader JEB Stuart was married to Flora Cooke. Her father was Phillip St. George Cooke of the Union Army. After the war began Jeb and his father-in-law never spoke again. In fact Jeb Stuart instructed his wife Flora to:
4. This legendary Union general was known to be slow to move his troops. In fact President Lincoln once said "If he is not using the army I should like to borrow it for a while". Who was the general?
5. Some time before the war General Lewis Armistead was a cadet at West Point. What did he do to fellow cadet Jubal Early that caused Armistead to have to resign from West Point?
6. After Lee's army had surrendered, this well know Union general came and talked with Lee. They had known each other before the war. General Lee playfully told him that "The years were telling upon him". To this the general replied "Not years, but General Lee himself has made me gray". Who was it?
7. Who was the last surviving general of the C.S.A.?
8. Robert E. Lee had a servant who served as a cook and traveled with him throughout the war. This servant was a freed slave. What was his name?
9. Which Union general said these words before a major battle, "I've got Robert E. Lee right where I want him, and even God Himself cannot stop me from destroying him"?
10. This Confederate general's last words were, "Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees". Who was he?
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